bigger birds are drinking from it and draining it dry? need to find feeder that bigger birds can not access?
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We have never had that problem. Maybe put out water dish nearby for bigger birds?
23618
Try 4 oz aspect humming bird feeder they dont leak easier to clean and ive not had any large birds on mine Not sure if amazon sells i got mine at wild birds unlimited. Good luck
23619
Do you have water for the bigger birds nearby? I have a hanging birdbath in the tree next to my feeders and have never had any issues. If you are in the southwest like I am, all the animals are suffering from lack of water due to drought right now. They get it anywhere they can. Otherwise, it's better to be replacing the solution more often anyway. It's healthier for the hummers to keep the feeder cleaned and replaced every couple days in the heat anyway. LOTS of bacteria builds in sugar water in the heat which can kill the hummers. The big birds are actually keeping everyone healthier!
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The nature of gravity causes the nectar to be available at all times but also makes it slowly seep out whether the birds are drinking or not. This also makes it very attractive to the hornets. I prefer the feeders that have the nectar below the flower ports.
733972
Our large feeder measures 6 1/2 inches also. It is a amazing feeder! No more water all over the place!
1128480
No problem... It has a plastic insert-it might get slightly wet, but the birds don't seem to mind. I live in PA if that helps & I've had this feeder for several seasons & it's the best I've owned.
1280658
Maybe but it is a big maybe I am afraid! My years of feeding birds, cardinals like feeders the most, especially ones they can land on and they also feed on the ground as well. I brought this feeder for my downy woodpeckers, chickadees, titmouses, wrens, have even seen a bellied woodpecker get their beak in and got some of the suet which I love those birds to. Oh! yes, even mockingbirds get at this feeder as well.
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I have not seen the Cardinals in this area use it. I believe the openings are too small for them to access the seeds in the tube. The Grackles do not even attempt to use it. It is designed to let small birds (Finches, Sparrows etc.) access but not larger birds. It's a good product. Easy to clean/fill and it keeps out the squirrels.
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The sparrows are the largest ones that can get in to it. Mostly chickadees and it will keep out the squirrels. They tried and finally gave up.
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NOT with this bird feeder. My birds LOVE it!! It's the first one emptied!! It may take awhile for them to eat out of a new feeder. I put up a feeder last year, that took the birds 3 months to *find* it!! No kidding!! Once they start eating seed out of this, you'll be out there all the time filling it up ;)
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There is a spring on the bar the birds lite on so when anything heaver gets on the bar it pulls down and closes the access to the seeds. I have had two of these for a few years. This one I purchased for a Christmas gift for my mom. Even the cheaper ones will close up with to much weight. Watched one try to get into my sisters feeder and it just couldn't do it.
611171
I do not know because I did not want the birds around. Worked well so try different places and see what your radius is. Not sure where your bird feeders are. Good luck.
2180279
the plastic flower at the bottom has an opening for the humming birds to insert their beaks, releasing the nectar flow up in the bag. the surface tension of the fluid within the small opening won't let the nectar drip out. the flower has the little perch bar if the bird wants to hang on and sit like a branch. On almost all of these bag feeders, the flower end will unscrew like a 2 liter soda bottle so you can refill
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The water does not rise above the large gray part of the fountain. It comes out of the top of the fountain and flows down the walls of the blue part of the feeder. My large dogs drink from the top and the cats and small dogs like to lick and drink from the sides.
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I think the platform feeders are less messy, but some birds like to throw out the seeds to their ground feeding friends so you might still get some of that. I don't fill it up completely, just a mound usually in the middle so that the seeds don't overflow on their own either. Its a great feeder and attracts lots of birds big and small.
2103171
The feeder is too small for birds the size of crows. Make certain that you check on the type of crows prefer, then find a feeder that will work.
939022
Yes, definitely. As a matter of fact I worried that some of the smaller songirds like cardinals and bluebirds would be too large to access the food; smaller birds do best in it. Really a good feeder though.
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Due to the small perches only sparrows and smaller birds feed. The feeder needs to be redesigned. The cage catches on the upper lip. It does not pevent squirrel as they stand on the bottom lip and push the cage up. It may have been desiged by someone who does not feed birds or the item was not field tested. I send the compaany an e-mail but I never heard from them.
1946371
All birds drink from it, the bigger ones also splash around in it as well. Maybe about 3 inches at the max depth.
917361
Hmm, that is a good question. If they are heavy enough, when they climb onto the circular bar that the birds sit on to feed, the bar will be weighted down - drawing an outer plastic sheath over the feed holes (I hope this makes sense), which makes them completely inaccessible. The birds are so light, which is what makes it possible for them to sit on the bar and still access the seed. If possible, I would check what the weight threshold is for the spring inside the mechanism...if you have big rats....should be no problem!